The Deadly Disease of Informational Obesity
Warning: excessive scrolling can be hazardous to your brain!
Meet the victim: a man drowning in a sea of articles, tweets, and YouTube videos. He's got opinions on everything, but ask him to explain, and he'll give you a confused "it's complicated."
This poor soul has contracted informational obesity – a condition where you consume more knowledge than you can digest. Symptoms include:
- Confusion
- Anxiety
- Misinformation
- An inflated sense of self-importance
The disease is highly contagious, spreading rapidly through social media, news outlets, and online debates. Everyone's infected, including your aunt, your coworker, and even your cat (if it had a Twitter account).
The irony? More people know more stuff than ever before. Thought is being replaced by reaction, and inquiry by confidence. Data and information are not knowledge. Knowledge is got from reading good books and wisdom is in living the knowledge.
So, who's behind this epidemic? The usual suspects: tech giants and media moguls. They're profiting from your addiction, manipulating you to scroll, argue, and come back for more.
The Cure: Discipline and Moderation
- Read less, understand more
- Choose your knowledge wisely
- Ask: Does this info make me wiser or just feel informed?
Remember, informational obesity is worse than physical obesity. A fat body can still think, but a fat mind is just noise pretending to be thinking !!
Stay vigilant, folks!